Max Size Of Array

[RN1]

Is there any limitation to the maximum size of an array in ASP?

Thanks

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Is there any limitation to the maximum size of an array in ASP?

"ASP" does not have arrays: vbscript and jscript do, and the answer may
depend on which scripting language you are using (or maybe not - I'm
feeling too lazy right now to go look it up)

In either case, the answer is Yes, and hopefully you will never try to
reach the limit. Your server will probably die before you get there
.. . .

OK, I did look it up: in VBA, the UBound function returns a Long value,
so the max value it can return is 2,147,483,647 - is that big enough for
you?
I can't find the corresponding info for jscript right now, but I doubt
it's relevant for you anyways.

 

[Dave Anderson]

I can't find the corresponding info for jscript right now, but I
doubt it's relevant for you anyways.

JScript arrays are associative and sparse, so they don't really have a
limit. There are practical limitations, however. For example, Array.length
is the same for (2^53)-element and (2^53+1)-element arrays

 

[RN1]

"ASP" does not have arrays: vbscript and jscript do, and the answer may
depend on which scripting language you are using (or maybe not - I'm
feeling too lazy right now to go look it up)

In either case, the answer is Yes, and hopefully you will never try to
reach the limit. Your server will probably die before you get there
. . .

OK, I did look it up: in VBA, the UBound function returns a Long value,
so the max value it can return is 2,147,483,647 - is that big enough for
you?
I can't find the corresponding info for jscript right now, but I doubt
it's relevant for you anyways.

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Doesn't the max limitation depend on the server's memory size?

 

[Bob Barrows [MVP]]

Doesn't the max limitation depend on the server's memory size?

Yes, I think I was implying that when I talked about his server dying.

 

[Dave Anderson]

Doesn't the max limitation depend on the server's memory size?

Probably not as much as the OS limitation. I would be very surprised to hear
that JScript was re-written to use 64-bit memory addressing.